Lunch kit



Oct. 13, 1925.

J. G. NIKART nunca im" Original Filed June 12, 1922 v I /v VEN T01?. cJ'osEP/f G. lvl/NWI BY H113 Hrrafr/VEYJ.

Uiu'rizl)I STATES.' PATENT .rosnrn e. nlxanzr, or vrnemu, nINNEsoTA.

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originar no. 1,460,108, dated :une as, 192s, serial no. 587,611,111ea :une 1a, x'oaa Appncatinn for Q reissue filed February 11, 1925. Serial No. 8,564,

To all whom z't may concern: 1 ends ofthe projecting portion of the front Be it known that I, JOSEPH G. Nimmt, a wall 17, is a depression 18 for the reception `tcitizen of. Lithuania., residing 'at Virginia, of a plate 19 by meansof which a linl;` han-Y in the county of St. Louis and `State of dle 201s pivotally connected-to -the wall 17,

VMinnesota, have invented .certain new and As shown, this handle is provided with an 60 useful Improvements .in Lunch Kits, of arm 21 extending through a'slot 22 formed which the following is a specification. in. the bottom wall of the depression 18 and This invention relates to improvements secured to the inner end lof the arm is a; in lunch kits and has for its objects to proconnecting element 23, its opposite end bel0 vide a device wherein danger of the kit acing attached to the free end of a leaf 65 cidentally opening and expelling the oonspring 24, secured as at 25, to the inwardly tents is e'ectually avoided. projecting flange 26 of the wall 17; i

Another object isl to provide. means forv l The free end of the s ring is` provided expelling the drawer -of the kit when the with. an upturnedV latch -'ger 27, vadapted 1 15 same is released. to engage .in an opening formed im the 70 .v f" 'A further object 4of ythe invention is to upper wall or t p member of the shell, ad-

provide a latchwhich will hold the drawer Jjacent its opemend. It will thus be seen closed against the influence of opening that, as the drawer structure is entered intov meansf so as to avoid accidental opening thegshell to its full `extent, the nger'27 20 until released by the user, will engage in the opening and accidentall 7 5 These and other analogous-objects are atremoval-of they drawer from the she-ll will tained bythe novel design, construction and be prevented. arran ement .of arts hereinafter described In order to further lock the drawer in .the

and s own in t e accompanying drawing, shell, there are provided in the side wall of 25A forming an essential part ofthis disclosure, the shell, Yand in the'side. wall of the drawer, 80

. 'and inwhich:- v v matching openings 28, forv the rece tion of g. 1 is a side view of a. lunch kit con the :locking tongue 29 of a suita le fasstructed in accordance with this invention, tener-30. showing portions -broken away to more If so desired, a compression spring 31 clearly illustrate the details of construction; may be attached, as at 32, to theinner side Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional. view taken of the wall 1 4 in'such manner that its outer (in line 2 2 0f Fig, 12; and e end will engage the inner end of the drawer Fig. .3' 's a fragmentary view of the sid structure' when the same is in place, and of lthe kit showing the locking device'in unexert pressure thereon to aid in the removal f 35 locked position. f of the drawer rom'the shell. Y Referring to the drawing, the'numeral 10 While .certain preferred embodiments of i .designates the outer Y-shell of the device this device have been shown and described,

which comprisesapair. of parallel's'ides or it will beunderstoodv that changesl in the walls 11 connected at Jthe lower edges by a. form, arrangements, proportions, sizes and '40 bottom'wall 12 and at'their up er edges to details thereof, may be made without de- 06a a top member- 13, arched as '1 ustrated, to partin from the vscope of the invention 'as accommodate a vacuum bottle. As shown in defin in,v its broadest aspectd the drawing, the shell is closed at one end Whatis claimed is:` by vawalllfl, while the opposite end isv left `1. A lunch kit comprising an outer shell, 46 open and intermediate the top and bottom a container'itted into the outer shell, a han- 100 of the' shell, is a partition 15, upon which dle for withdrawing the container from the .the Yvacuum bottle rests. outer shell, means connected withjhellandle d Fittedinto the open end of the shell vis and actuated upon movement thereof into g a drawer structure 16 beneath the partition withdrawinrlfv position to unlock said conl| 15, .as illustrated. irnf'Figg. I.

tainer within the shell, auxiliary locking The front wall. 17 -fl the drawer'structure means to holdthe devicrV in' assembled posi- 16 projects upwardlyl forming a-closure for tion, and means-for urging the container' out the upper portion of the shell, as will be of the shell when'the locking means is rev clearly seen upon vreference, to' thedrawings( vleased and said handle raised. u AAFormed intermediatgthe vuppelsand lower 2. A lunch box having in combination, an Y11o outer casing having-an open end, a drawerlike member sldableinto said casmgv and having an end portionclosing said open end.

of 'said easing, a locking means for said 5 drawer-like memberv resiliently held in looked position and a revoluble handle means- 1 carried by said end portion of said drawerlike member adapted to be turned and pulled upon for `unlocking and. lwithdrawing, re-

spectively, said drawer-like member.

3. .A lunchbox having in combination, an

means to act the ein to withdraw said latch and forming a handle to Withdraw said irst mentioned memb r from said casing.;

4. -A lunchbox having in combination, an outer casing'havi an open end, a drawerlike member slda le intosaid casing an having an'end portion closing said open end of said casing, and having a slot therethrough, asingle'ihandle formed as a revoluble crank memberfmounted on and having .a handle on the-outer "side of-saidend porthrough and -cnnectecl to said resilient` tion and extending through said slot, a locky ing means for said member eonnectedto'said crank member, so that rotationof said hanv dle moves said locking means tonnlocked 40 Y position and: said rst mentioned member may be withdrawn fromsaid casing by said handle. i 1 y y 5. A 'lunch boxhaving` in combination, an outer casing having an open end, a drawerlike member slidable into said Vouter casing and having an end portion closing'said open end thereof, a spring lock carried by said. drawer-like member at the inner side of its/ Vvfront wall adaptedto engage said easing to hold saiddraWer-like member in closed position, a revoluble handle carriedy by saidend portion of said drawer-like member and extending therethrough, and a single member connecting said handle and lock whereby, Y

\ when said handle is turned, said lock is released and said handle may be pulled upon to open said drawer.

6; A lunch box havmg 1n combination, an outer casing'havmg an open end, a drawer- 60 lilremember slidableinto said casing 'and 'having an end portion closing said open end of said casing, a locking means for saidw drawer-like member resilientlyheld in locked.

position, and la singleA handle means car- 6 5- ried by said end portion of said drawer-.like member directly connected to said locking means and adapted to be turned and pulled lupon respectively to unlock land withdraw f sai'djdrawer-'like member.

` In testimony whereof. I aix my si dnature.

JQSEPH'G. NI ART. 

